ESPN writer: Chris Webber should be in the Hall of Fame

8:50 AM,
Sep. 19, 2013

Chris Webber

Written by

Kirkland Crawford
Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

The Basketball Hall of Fame debate seemed to start earlier this summer, when a couple of former superstars who had brief stints with the Detroit Pistons ended their careers: Allen Iverson (reportedly) and Tracy McGrady.

An ESPN writer has added one more name to the debate, and not only is he someone who's eligible for voting next year, but he's someone we watched grow up, literally.

The person under grantland.com scribe Zach Lowe's microscope is Chris Webber. The former Mr. Basketball/Fab Five star/No. 1 overall pick/ex-Piston (again, briefly) was, and still is, a divisive character. In ...